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IN SECULAR FRANCE, CATHOLIC CONSERVATISM MAKES A COMEBACK
They may have studied in a Catholic school, they marry in churches, and they baptize their children... READ MORE›
CATHOLIC CHURCH APOLOGISES FOR ROLE IN 'FORCED ADOPTIONS' OVER 30-YEAR PERIOD
Adoption reached a peak in 1968, when more than 16,000 babies born to unmarried mothers were handed over to new families... READ MORE›
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CATHOLIC PRIESTS IN MONTREAL BANNED FROM BEING ALONE WITH CHILDREN
Catholic priests in Montreal will be banned from being alone with children to provide a safety net against allegations of abuse... READ MORE›
HOLY SMOKE: CANNABIS CHURCHES EXTOL 'SACRAMENT' OF MARIJUANA
Holy smoke cannabis churches extol 'sacrament' of marijuana... READ MORE›
POPE FACES CHANGING CATHOLIC IDENTITY IN U.S.
The status of divorced and remarried Catholics will be a major topic for the church's hierarchy at the Synod of Bishops in Rome in October... READ MORE›
IN ITALY PLANS FOR AN EASTER BLESSING YIELD A LAWSUIT FOR A PUBLIC SCHOOL
BOLOGNA, Italy -- The 16 board members of Giosue Carducci Elementary School took their seats, chatting amicably, until the agenda turned to Easter... READ MORE›
CHRISTIAN CHURCHES CLOSE TO DEAL TO FIX COMMON DATE FOR EASTER
Pope Tawadros had also discussed the matter with the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople - the 'first among equals' in the Eastern Orthodox Church... READ MORE›
CHILD SEX ABUSE WITHIN ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH LINKED TO CLERICAL CELIBACY
Clerical celibacy may have contributed to endemic levels of child abuse within the Roman Catholic Church, a new internal investigation has claimed... READ MORE›
A MORE CONSERVATIVE CATHOLIC CHURCH AWAITS POPE FRANCIS IN AFRICA
The church in Africa is booming in numbers, strength and influence, and the Roman Catholic Church globally is sitting up and taking notice... READ MORE›
$500K FOR HAMILTON REFUGEES MISSING, CATHOLIC PRIEST UNDER INVESTIGATION
We trusted him, said Monsignor Murray Kroetsch, official spokesman for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hamilton... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIAN CARDINAL: CHURCH 'MUCKED UP' ON SEX ABUSE
George Pell, the Vatican's finance minister, faces grilling via videolink from Australian child sex abuse inquiry... READ MORE›
ARMED GUARDS HAVE BEEN CALLED IN TO PROTECT EASTER SUNDAY SERVICES IN KENYA
Churches in Kenya protected by armed guards for Easter Sunday as country begins three days of mourning after al-Shabab attack in Garissa... READ MORE›
MARRIAGE IS FOREVER, POPE SAYS, AS CATHOLIC BISHOPS BEGIN HISTORIC TALKS ON CHANGE
A first meeting of bishops ended last October with no consensus on how to better welcome gays and divorced and civilly remarried Catholics in the church... READ MORE›
PHILIPPINES' DUTERTE TAKES ON CATHOLIC CHURCH OVER CONTRACEPTION
Post to Facebook Philippines' Duterte takes on Catholic Church over contraception The Philippinesa?? new president is on a collision courseA with the Roman Catholic Church... READ MORE›
A SNAPSHOT OF THE U.S. CATHOLIC CHURCH ON EVE OF PAPAL VISIT
Catholic church is one of the wealthiest in the world -- and one of the biggest donors to the Vatican... READ MORE›
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CHURCH SHOULD SAY SORRY OVER GAYS
Pope Francis says that Christians and the Roman Catholic Church should seek forgiveness from homosexuals for the way they have treated them... READ MORE›
BISHOPS WHO FAIL TO REPORT ABUSE COULD BE REMOVED
Pope Francis says bishops who fail to report cases of sexual abuse of children and vulnerable adults could be removed from office... READ MORE›
POPE URGES SEVERE PUNISHMENT FOR PEDOPHILES AS DETAILS OF 2014 SLAYING OF GIRL 6 SHOCK ITALY
Pope Francis called for severe punishment for pedophiles on Sunday after new details emerged in Italy of the 2014 death of a 6-year-old girl who is alleg... READ MORE›
POPE FRANCIS: CORRUPT SHOULD BE TIED TO A ROCK AND THROWN INTO THE SEA
Pope francis gives fire-and-brimstone sermon, saying the corrupt should be tied to a rock and thrown into the sea... READ MORE›
AS CHRISTMAS APPROACHES, 'THE WHOLE WORLD IS AT WAR'
A Vatican official says a statement made by Pope Francis about Christmas festivities happening while the world is at war has been grossly mistranslated by media... READ MORE›
VATICAN ARRESTS 2 IN CONNECTION WITH LEAKED DOCUMENTS
His book, he said, described a Vatican that is very different from Pope Francis' vision of a church for the poor... READ MORE›
VOICE IS SOUGHT AT THE VATICAN ON REMARRIAGE
Homosexuality is regarded by the church as intrinsically disordered, a view that has left gay Catholics often sidelined, and gay couples feeling unacknowledged... READ MORE›
POPE CALLS FOR MORE DECENTRALIZED CATHOLIC CHURCH
Pope Francis called Saturday for a Catholic Church that is far more decentralized, where the laity play a greater role, bishops' conferences take care of c... READ MORE›
POPE INSISTS 'MARRIAGE IS BOND FOR MAN AND WOMAN'
The Church must search out these persons, welcome and accompany them, Pope Francis added... READ MORE›
BEFORE POPE FRANCIS MET KIM DAVIS HE MET WITH GAY EX-STUDENT
Earlier on Friday, the Vatican said that Archbishop Vigano had arranged the pope's meetings in Washington, including the one with Ms. Davis... READ MORE›
POPE FRANCIS ASSURES ATHEISTS: YOU DONA??T HAVE TO BELIEVE IN GOD TO GO TO HEAVEN
Pope francis assures atheists you don't have to believe in god to go to heaven... READ MORE›
WHERE IS POPE FRANCIS? A SCHEDULE OF HIS U.S. VISIT
22 and plans to stop in Washington D.C. New York City and Philadelphia... READ MORE›